Such promises as reduced maternal mortality, divorce and spousal abuse, and the disappearance of “back-alley” abortionists have not materialized.

Not the least of the dire consequences has been 40 years of political turmoil. The Roe and Doe rulings removed a contentious issue from the legislative arena, where the public’s voice is heard, and placed it firmly in the hands of nine unelected, unaccountable personages.

~ Dennis Byrne, Chicago Tribune Opinion, commenting on Clarke Forsythe’s (pictured) new book, Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade, September 23

by LauraLoo

Shawn Carney, Campaign Director of 40 Days for Life, continues his passionate pursuit of eliminating the scourge of abortion in our nation….

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7U0tpl9UbM[/youtube]

And in the sovereignty of God, Shawn was able to converse over a stretch of time with Abby Johnson. Shawn was able to meet both Abbys in fact:  first, the “mean Abby” while she worked at the abortion clinic and finally the “sweet Abby” after her pro-life conversion.

Abby recounts her moving testimony on September 7th at an event celebrating the most historic abortion center closure in the 40 years since Roe v. Wade. Abby is refreshingly honesty, emotional and humorous about herself and her shortcomings.  Some examples include how she would have never (ever) been friends with the Carneys, how she used to disdain anyone supporting the pro-life movement, and also how she justified her own abortion before going on to have more children.

Abby implores every one of us to remain committed to the cause – and rejoices over the fact that in just the four past weeks (at the time the video was shot), SEVEN Planned Parenthood clinics have closed in Texas.  It is her desire to see an abortion-free Texas and believes it can be done.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZXfqWzMvN8[/youtube]

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Okay, this one, by blogger Ashley Martin Smith and her husband, just cracks me up. And once again, would be fairly easy to recreate. As her post about the announcement states, “It’s a felony to be this cool.”

Hilarious!

~ Ellen Schmidt describing one of her top ten favorite announcements, Baby Zone, September 23

[Photo Credit: My Spoiled Eggs]

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli

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• Big Blue Wave finds it rich that NARAL is now putting out the appeal for men to be more active in promoting abortion – not only at the legislative level, but grassroots as well. I guess “my body, my choice,” was only valid when the pro-choice side wasn’t in a panic.
• Kansans for Life says the recent uptick in passage of state pain-capable laws is causing real angst among media elite. The New York Times publishes a piece attempting to show that these legislative victories are just “wishful thinking on the part of zealots.” Citing abortion providers and ardent supporters, the authors still had to pick and choose the experts’ works carefully to omit any published evidence that contradicted the intent of the article. If that weren’t bad enough, they chose to claim late-term abortions are so rare (2%) that they’re not a big deal – but that 2% translates to 20,000 children per year.

• The Leading Edge noticed a Facebook post from pro-abortion New Zealand association ALRANZ, which defended gender-selective abortions. The interesting thing about the post, though, was that a picture of a preborn child was posted with their link – for which they felt the need to apologize (click to enlarge screenshot at left).
• The Guiding Star Project posts a thought-provoking piece about how we discuss pregnancy. In the pre-ultra sound era, it was often stated that “we don’t care what we’re having as long as it’s healthy.” But the author, a mother of a child with significant health issues, says the better response would be, “we are just happy to have this child.” We wouldn’t consider abandoning our born children due to medical issues, so why should we do so with our preborn children?
• 40 Days for Life says another clinic prayer vigil site – this time in Montana – is closing its doors:
  

  Local Montana 40 Days for Life leaders pointed out that this 41st clinic will close in the 41st year following the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that imposed abortion on America… in the 41st state to be admitted to the Union.

• At Live Action, Sarah Terzo discusses the misperception that somehow pro-life counseling is inherently biased, while abortion clinic “counseling” is non-biased. Author of the book Lovejoy: A Year in the Life of an Abortion Clinic by Peter Korn spent a year “observing abortions and interviewing patients at an abortion clinic” and tends to paint abortion workers in a “sympathetic” light. Yet in his detail of the counseling sessions, he reveals misinformation and pressure used by the counselors (salespeople):
  

  Tiffany is reluctant to abort her baby. She tells Anneke [the counselor] she thinks she wants to have her child. Korn describes what the counselor says next:

  “I’m not here to change your mind. I’m not here to force your opinion. But I’m sitting here seeing this beautiful young woman with her whole life ahead of her, and you have so many other things you can do right now. Why don’t you go ahead with your dreams and have kids later?” Tiffany had no answer so Anneke continued, “We’re always here for you.”… Before ending the session Anneke left Tiffany with some figures that she recently had learned from Carye: One in ten high school girls who become pregnant finish high school, and one in ten thousand girls who have babies during high school finish college. And a third statistic: Over 80 percent of the men in this country don’t pay their child support. “The statistics are stacked against you,” Anneke said….

  Reluctantly, Tiffany agrees to abort her baby. By this time, the baby’s father has arrived at the clinic to talk her out of the abortion. The clinic workers call the police and have him thrown out before he can see her.

  Tiffany goes through with the procedure alone. The clinic makes another $400. Another baby is dead.

by Hans Johnson

Firebrand Michael Voris is never shy to hold his fellow Catholics’ feet to the fire. Even those of Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide, Australia who, in declaring the Church should speak with “one voice” has said that his archdiocese is not to “publicize or encourage” 40 Days For Life prayer vigils.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/dcjR1hKSxhY[/youtube]

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[HT: Suki]

He believes himself to be innocent… in this larger spiritual sense. He believes he was performing a service for people that asked him….

He believes he was a soldier at war with poverty. He has a sense of righteousness, that whatever rule he broke, it was worth it.

~ Philadelphia reporter Steve Volt, discussing what he learned from conversations with the imprisoned, convicted “House of Horrors” abortionist Kermit Gosnell, as quoted by ABCNews.com, September 23

by LauraLoo

Here’s why Planned Parenthood is synonymous with abortion.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xx2Rq396EQ&sns=em[/youtube]

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[HT: Kelli]

I would like five, but I kind of started late… um, yeah.

We’ll see, we’ll see.

~ Celebrity Pink (pictured with daughter Willow), answering the question of how many children she would like to have, E! Online, September 18

Video at the link.